worse away fans we've had a tour ground. now im not coming on here mouthing off just voicing my opinion and for a top 7 team your support was shocking. you were silent most of the game and if i remeber rightly, a couple of seasons back you slated us for only filling 800 seats. you were easily below that i should expect! where was the passion from your fans? they only started singing when you scored your 2nd goal....v disappointing.

that was absolute rubbish.....for a 600 mile round trip, we had over 1,500.....granted the whole section weren't singing, but there were large sections that were singing all game....whereas the home support only came alive after the 2nd goal when you wrongly thought you'd won the game.

were our fans quiet though? yes i will be coming up in march! quite excited. was there when we drew 2-2 beattie scored 2 when you had a go at our fans for not taking many up. noway was there 1,500. there was about 30 fans near our stand that were singing. we didnt think we had the game won! we know what our team is like. excuse grammar mistakes. having to type quickly sorry

tony_block19 give her a wide berth. She is probably a size 18 scummer, spotty, ugly middle aged housewife who is bored while doing the ironing!
You wait for Mrs Right son, or like me turn to the Voddy. Remember reality is figment of your imagination caused by the lack of alcohol!

She has a point in fairness, by our usual standards we were awful. My first and last visit to St Mary's, and here's why.

It's a fcuking pain to get there on the train.

But mainly, our fcuking Southern Fans. MSS can get fcuked. I was stood up singing, not persistantly either, and some cockney twaat was particularly rude telling me to sit down, after all THEY'D PAID to sit down so everyone else should.

At which point I said they could support the team as well, and also pointed out there was an empty row between me and him. He then started gettin all rude with me so then I snapped and told him i'd be buggered if I was told what I was doing by some miserable old southern twaat when i've got up at 6 o clock in the morning and travelled over 300 miles to see my team and if he didn't like it he should fcuk off and watch Leyton Orient Eventually got fed up and moved somewhere else, but imo if you don't like people stood up and singing DON'T GO TO AWAY GAMES.

MSS can fcuk right off.

Still it's more than slightly hypocritical coming from a saint as i'm yet to see Southampton bring even close to half the fans we had on Satda to the Riverside.

I'm a member of MSS I'm not a cockney I'm from Teesside but I don't live there at the moment.

I went to Southampton and was singing and shouting like I always do.

Yet every year on here we get another bunch of 'squeakers', you know yoof who have just started going to away matches, who start bad mouthing MSS just because some people don't want to squeak along with them.

If people want to sing that's great if they don't fair enough.

Why would anyone in their right mind go to Southampton in the middle of December if they didn't support the Boro.

Big up to everyone to went whether they sang or not.

PS. number_10, holgate_rochey, stockton_red etc, sit tight lads your 'I sang at the Saints' badges will be in the post any day now.

To be fair, the atmosphere is genrally poorer in the Southern games, although this could be down to a number of factors. Pricier tickets and longer to travel may mean more of the vocal supporters don't go.

Although I have had the same experience as Number_10 at many away games over the years too.Not neaccasirly the being told to to sit down that bothers me, it has always been the attitude. At Chelsea I got physically pushed into my seat by the person behind me without him even asking once if I would sit down.

I would like to point out that the vast majority of MSS fans are great, they support the Boro through and through and support the team as much as everyone else, just seems to be the London/Southern games I have experienced the same problem as number_10.

"so whats the point in going and not singing? singing is part and parcel of footy to help get behind the team so you see them win!"

seriously though, that comment was pretty ridculous! whats footy without an atmosphere and u oly get an atmosphere through singing!

Someone (Rob) should print off thousands of copies of these two sentences and put one on every seat in the East, West and South stands and a select few in the North where those people who 'like the atmosphere' but don't want to help create it sit.

look its obvious you'll get less fans al the way down here but who the hell travels to sit in the cold and not even sing? they must live in and around the south to do it! fair play to those who sung though we couldnt hear ya cos there was so few lol

Sorry but I wouldn't even make the trip from Exeter just to see a game at Southampton so I certinally wouldn't do it from Boro if I lived all that way up.

1,500 is a damned good support for a fan base which has to travel so far. The only reason why London teams always get a bigger away crowd is because of the amount of Boro supporters who live and work in London and it's close to home. Be honest how many Boro fans do you know down this end of the country.

Number_10: I think I was sat very near to you as the incident you described happened. Did you change places with a couple of people just before this bloke told you to sit down?

Anyway, I didn't fully here the conversation so couldn't comment on it, but there's a wider issue.

I'd love there to be terracing at football grounds again so I could stand at games, but for the moment there isn't. I was singing whilst sat down on saturday, but only a few people in the area I was sat were. The problem that arises is people who want to sit down have their view spoilt.

Now it doesn't bother me if people stand up 'cos obviously I then stand up and it's what I prefer, but I can see the point of view of those people who just want to sit down and be quiet. (Can't understand it, but that's their choice). This has no doubt diluted the atmosphere as the "singers" are spread apart and those people who would join in if others were singing don't pipe up on their own. It's becoming more of a problem.

I've noticed that standing throughout the game by large sections of fans is occuring at many grounds now. Southampton fans were standing on sat, Tottenham fans were the other week, and we know about Newcastle, Man U, and Liverpool standing throughout at the Riverside.

Isn't it about time there was a serious national debate on the issue of standing areas being reintoduced? It would improve the atmosphere, could be done safely, and it would be a benefit to people who wanted to stand AND to those who wanted to sit.

I went and i reckon there was about 1500. We sang loads in the first half. Went a bit quiet when we went 2-0 down but who wouldn't. Must admit there were quite a few "non-singers" sat near me but i tried to make up for them. I was dissapointed noone joined me in a rousing rendition of "what the fcuking hell is that?" every time Peter Crouch touched the ball but thems the breaks. Still enjoyed meself. Loving it at the end. Must have been called a Northern Monkey at least 50 times.

to be fair saints babe, southampton is miles away and it is a bit rich saying we don't bring the support when you lot bring even less north.
Now, had you come on here and said we were worthy of our position but got lucky(a bit) on saturday, then you would have been loved even more than (seemingly) you are now,lol!

saints_babe you were at the wrong fukin game love it sickens me when people come on here and odnt look at stats we took 1531 to st marys on sat and i was one of them and there was 200 of us at the side stood up none stop singin and i have spoken to st fans on another board who sit in the northam stand who said we are the best for a while and we sang all the way through and even some that sit in the chappel stand that said he could here us all the way through so FUK U

madlad i wasnt haivng ago just saying you were the quietest we've had there all season and that it was imo a poor turnout! travel is a prob though like ya say and i didnt really take that into consideration to start with! my bad

poor turnout 1531 sorry about the FUK U part ont he last post i get a bit bad tempered when i think people are traking the mick out of boros support becuase i rarely miss a match and our away fans are usually getting praised for loudness but critizised for numbers but on saturday 1531 FACT ;)

hahaha! i was in kingsland which is right near you and i couldnt hear ya! u werent the best! like i said not looking for an argument! palace for one were better than you!! but like i said not having a go so chin up lad! life cant be that bad! and id rather not to the last insult you threw at me pmsl

Face it Capy, a sniff of skirt, and I'm not talking about any posters in particular, will always rack up a decent post count. What have us older blokes got to offer? Wisdom, memories, punctuation? They just don't cut it on the boards anymore.

Going back to your original comments and bear in mind I dont give a toss what sex you are please be aware that Boro supporters are a superb set. We travelled down and sang, and put flags out, maybe only 30 sang but there was plenty there who prefer not to sing and just watch the game, we had numbers over a 1000, if only 30 want to sing then so be it. The problem is your probably used to larger numbers of Southerners travelling regular from Clapham Junction to Southampton Central, thats about the same distance for mockneys to travel to Saints as it is for us to go to Leeds, we always take away 3000 plus to Leeds and such, we are no different from other supporters except we are a little more polite, we also like a drink and like betting.

But mrtoon, you lot would follow any old shiite if it wore black and white stripes. We at the Boro are more descerning and were not fooled into thinking we might have been playing Sunderland just because they had red and white striped shirts on at St Marys.

The facts are we had a good time, you were 2 nil up and you messed it up, if any Saints fans carry flags all the way to Middlesbrough and decide to watch the match and keep their gobs shut then the best of luck to them, I doubt very much any Boro would label them online as the worst fans to visit the Riverside so far, in my opinion I think maybe you need to get out more and talk to some lads, bring on Villa.

Standards is of the correct belief that no set of fans is really any better/worse than other sets of fans. There are busy days, there are quiet days, and at the end of the day footy is about footy not flirting.

pmsl i swear you werent louder than us! even fans who were there admitted you werent that loud! i didnt slag u off merely put acroiss my opionion and like ive said you're all a friendly bunch of lads and (lasses??) my pic is on me profile now whoever was looking at it!LOL